Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy and Security Statement

MCHA respects your right to privacy and will
protect it when you visit our web site. Here are some things you
should know about how we protect your privacy.

E-mail

When you send us e-mail we won't keep or
share your e-mail address with anyone outside of MCHA staff and
its contractors. We'll only use your e-mail address to respond
to your requests for information.

If you sign up for one of our (e-)mailing
lists, we'll only send you the kinds of information you've
requested. We won't maintain your name on the list and won't
share your e-mail address with anyone outside of MCHA.

If you use our feature "e-mail a friend,"
we will use your e-mail address only to let your friend know who
sent the web address, so he or she can reply to you.

Information
Collection

When you browse, read pages or download
information on our website, we automatically gather and store
certain technical information about your visit. This information
never identifies who you are. The information we collect and
store about your visit is listed below:

The Internet domain (for example, "xcompany.com" if you use a
private Internet access account, or "yourschool.edu" if you
connect from a university's domain) and IP address (an IP
address is a number that is automatically assigned to your
computer whenever you are surfing the Web) from which you access
our website;

The type of browser (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer) and
operating system (Windows, Unix) used to access our site;

The date and time you access our site;

The pages you visit; and

If you linked to our website from another website, the address
of that website.

Sometimes we use "cookies," which are
small amounts of text stored on your computer. We only use
"session cookies" in some places where people can transact
business. That means we only store the cookie on your computer
during that visit. So, if you are entering information for a
business transaction, you won't lose the information if you go
to another site and come back during the visit. After you turn
off your computer or stop using the internet, the cookie is
erased.

Site Security

We monitor visits to the web site to
identify any attempt to tamper with it.

When you submit personal information
using our web site--for example, if you sign up for an online
request for response--we have systems that make sure people
outside of MCHA cannot access your personal information.

We would only try to identify you
personally when required to do so by a law enforcement
investigation. Any information we collect for those
investigations is destroyed according to federal guidelines.

Tampering with MCHA's web site is against
the law. If anyone tries to tamper with it, they may be punished
under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National
Information Infrastructure Protection Act.

Links to Other Sites

Our website has links to many other web
sites. When you go to another site, you are subject to the
privacy and security policies of that site. MCHA cannot attest
to the accuracy of information provided there.

Linking to a web site does not constitute
an endorsement by MCHA, or any of its employees, of the sponsors
of the site or the products presented on the site.